How the climate crisis is fueling the spread of a brain-eating amoeba

The case underscored a troubling new reality – climate change is encouraging the amoeba to pop up in parts of the US where it isn't typical, such as the north and west.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/sep/21/brain-eating-amoeba-climate-crisis-naegleria-fowleri

Risk of brain-eating amoeba, flesh-eating bacteria may increase due to climate change: Experts - ABC News

Infections are rare, but pathogens and bacteria thrive in warmer waters...

https://abcnews.go.com/Health/risk-brain-eating-amoeba-flesh-eating-bacteria-increase/story

Brain-eating amoeba kills again—here’s how it kills and how to avoid it - Ars Technica

It kills more than 97% of its victims. Only four people in the US have ever survived it.
https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/07/brain-eating-amoeba-kills-again-heres-how-it-kills-and-how-to-avoid-it/

Washington Woman Dies From Brain-eating Infection After Rinsing Sinuses With Tap Water - Newsweek

The woman used tap water instead of sterilized liquid to rinse her sinuses. ....
https://www.newsweek.com/washington-woman-dies-brain-eating-infection-after-rinsing-sinuses-tap-water-1248631

Tap water in neti pots behind two brain-eating amoeba deaths in 2011, investigation finds - CBS News

Researchers believe that two people who died from the "brain-eating" amoeba known as Naegleria fowleri in 2011 contracted the infection after using neti pots with tap water to clear their sinuses.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tap-water-in-neti-pots-behind-two-brain-eating-amoeba-deaths-in-2011-investigation-finds/